Salman, the funniest Khan?

Salman, the funniest Khan?

Part of Salman Khan’s swaggering on-screen appeal is his lofty dialoguebaazi that emphasises on matters related to commitment and ehsaan.

What doubles his charisma is his stock of one-liners that he liberally hands out when he's not on the big screen.

Though his mercurial temperament doesn’t always make him an interviewer’s delight, Salman’s unrehearsed irreverence and headline-grabbing quips can inject life in the dullest of press events or turn a mundane Q & A into a film journalist’s best day on the job.

We look at the 10 of his most amusing responses in recent times.

“I tried films with messages. Now I send text. They are cheaper.”

At a recent event, the superstar was quizzed about the shortage of meaningful cinema on his resume.

Hinting at his recent debacleJai Ho, which harps on the significance of the common man setting a goodwill chain to take on corruption, the star made fun of his failure with trademark wit.

The Dabangg hero made all sorts of funny, bizarre, serious and emotional statements as he answered the questions thrown at him by his Kuch Hota Hota Hai director, but this one poker-faced admission, which some news channels took rather seriously, went viral even before the episode went on air.

Salman, the funniest Khan?

“Salim Khan has created superstars with his writing. But Salim Khan has produced me. I was his first production. So I'm ahead of everyone else.”

The famously curt star doesn’t hold back his innate smugness when asked by Filmfare magazine to compare his legendary father's (writer Salim Khan) success in creating superstars, namely Amitabh Bachchan, through hits like Zanjeer, Don and Deewar against his own success, even though he has never worked with his father.

Salman, the funniest Khan?

"I have lent my six pack to Shah Rukh for the time being, so Ranbir doesn’t have to fret too much for a few days.”

During the music launch of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Saawariya, Sallu was in his element. (Back then, he still hadn’t fought with Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif was still his alleged girlfriend and he shared great camaraderie with Ranbir Kapoor.)

When the subject of Ranbir’s towel scene cropped up, leading to comparisons to the original shirtless hero, the Wanted dude came to the debutant’s rescue by kidding about his contribution in SRK’s loaded abs in Om Shanti Om, which released on the same day as Saawariya.

Image: Rani Mukeri, Salman Khan and Ranbir Kapoor at the music launch of Saawariya